From Russia with Love: Couple adopts twin girls from Russia

[@maryfitzpatrick2738]

I adopted my son from Russia in 2002 the best thing I ever did. I traveled to Kazakhstan and spent 5 weeks getting to know my new son I wish there was a way I could connect with these twins as they seem as happy and well adjusted as my son. Adopting my son was the best thing I ever did for the both of us.

[@elvirahamilton-6199]

Wow, they are adopted from my city , the city of Yoshkar-Ola , the Republic of Mari El, Russian Federation.I am living in USA for almost 19 years, traveling all over the USA because of my husbands job (opened my own KZbin channel in Russian and my native language Mari). I would love to make contact with the girls and maybe I can be somehow helpful. Ladies, I am not surprised by your beauties :-) You are gorgeous! And my thanks to your adopted parents.

[@leanneadams2549]

Wow!! She certainly got the most beautiful twins I’ve ever seen !! Beautiful inside and out !!! ❤️👍🙏

[@PurpleObscuration]

I saw another KZbin clip where the father left the wife and ran off with one of the stepdaughters, what a jerk. But then again I hear that when a child is murdered there is a lot of guilt passed around which can lead to divorce [Edit] The wife didn't age well

[@theelizabethan1]

A "stepdaughter"?.....that wouldn't be one of these adopted daughters -- would it??.....Can you give info directing to that KZbin video?....Thanks

[@jude1515]

So sad about their son. It is good that they all found each other and continued their beautiful family.

[@gkindustrialmachine1]

Sad that they ended up getting a divorce.

[@jude1515]

Yeah, I thought that too.

[@dejavu666wampas9]

A lot of marriages don’t, I hear. Sad.

[@markking2766]

One door closed and another door opened. Thank you Lord!

[@davenc8527]

God Bless these wonderful girls and their family. My wife and I adopted a four year old girl from Bulgaria eight years ago, and it has changed our lives. Adoption is not only a blessing for the child, it is a positive live changing experience for the parents. I feel so sad since Puten halted adoptions to the US years ago. Using it as a political weapon against our country. Most Russian orphanages are horrific.

[@евгенийБАШИНОВ-ъ4р]

ну да ! откуда тогда в вашей прекрасной стране беспризорные дети и бомжи.а почему вы не показываете как ваш земляк зажарил в машине мальчика на жаре усыновленного в россии.и еще! мне жаль вас.у нас много проблем, но мы не лезем учить вас жизни.а вы имея не меньше проблем лезете учить нас.вы больны стереотипами. вы не знаете о россии ничего , только стереотипы которые вам пихают ваши телеканалы. вы встаете на колени перед черными и забываете о миллионах убитых вами индейцах.мужчинах, женщинах и детях насаженными вами на штыки.ваша страна началась с самого большого геноцида в истории земли.даже гитлер вам в подметки не годится.вы живете на костях народа который вы уничтожили и думаете что бога уже нет.но вы заблуждаетесь, он просто собирает вас всех на одну лодку. когда то был ссср.вы воевали с ним.а сейчас вы сами превратились в худшую копию ссср.вы сожрете сами себя.путь который вы выбрали разрушителен. ради политических амбиций ваши политики ведут вас в пропасть и заодно пытаются туда же привести весь мир.россия в отличии от вас предлагает всему миру вакцину, а ваша псаки сказала что сначала америка , а потом весь мир.вам неизвестно что такое жертвование для других.вся ваша религия это грязная зеленая бумажка-доллар. вы толкаете фальшивые ценности по всему миру не задумываясь что у других людей могут быть другие предпочтения.например маму называть мамой , а папу папой.а не как ваша пеллоси предлагает отменить эти слова.вы вылили на вьетнам миллионы тонн агента оранж.там до сих пор рождаются дети с мутациями.вы единственная страна которая применила ядерное оружие.причем по хиросиме и нагасаки, городам где не было даже войск противника.и вы заранее это знали.вы спрятали от правосудия командира японского отряда 731 , который во 2мв ставил опыты над людьми и называл людей бревнами.вы скрывали нацистских преступников . но ты ведь этого не знаешь, по твоему телеканалу это не покажут.это ведь правда, а кому нужна неприглядная правда о сша? а что бы самому это узнать, для этого надо закончить нормальную школу, что тебе и тебе подобным не под силу.гамбургеры засрали вам мозги.и на последок.я живу в сибири.зимой у нас минус 50 градусов по цельсию.... передавай привет жителям техаса , которых поимела ваша власть с зеленой энергетикой.и передай привет джен псаки.скажи этой дуре что бы купила себе глобус или карту.она сказала как то что флот сша придет к границам белоруссии.так вот, у белоруссии нет морских границ.вы тупые долбанные неучи даже этого не знаете.и такие тупые люди рулят вашей америкой.еще раз- мне жаль вас.

[@Felix-bj1pe]

In the United States, more than 2,200 children go missing every day, and in a year it is almost 700,000. Five hundred thousand children are never found again. Even in the countries of Africa, there is no such thing. But in the United States, organ transplantology is developed. A coincidence? I don't think so!

[@mikewrasman5103]

???

[@4343b1]

@@Felix-bj1pe This is incomplete info. Many are found or returned home themselves. I urge other readers to search the internet for real statistics.

[@creamshop]

A Mom and Dad is not always the ones that conceives them but is always the ones who loves and raises them,

[@ДмитрийСемашко-м7д]

I’m from Russia. With Love to you, my American friends 👋

[@uncasunga1800]

Da!

[@luisleduc7222]

Sorry I forgot. Da!

[@PurpleObscuration]

@@luisleduc7222, If I remember correctly, it means yes

[@mpireone]

So adorable bundled up in their winter clothes!! 🥰

[@CanChikMay]

Nice update! Beautiful kids that grew up well

[@STforum]

How lovely for the couple to adopt these girls! To give them a real family, to nurture and raise them, and even make sure they keep a strong connection to their birth country! An inspiring story all around. P.S. The city of Yoshkar Ola is not in Siberia.

[@andrewhickey2849]

I'm not surprised at this story. I can personally vouch for the fact that Hickey's are amazing and generous people

[@louisegarvey6742]

What happened to their son?

[@All32American]

@@louisegarvey6742, he was murdered. It is not a pretty story. Let’s leave it at that.

[@mamachicken1548]

This turned out being a wonderful story!!

[@gilhernandeziii4031]

Wonderful parents ❤

[@lisaevans7293]

Beautiful story

[@antoanetaanastasova3946]

I have adopted twins boy and a girl.They are lovely like these girls.Wish you all the best.God bless you

[@oliviawutam]

I'm happy there is no Russia bashing going on here. great story, thank you. have a nice day ❤️❤️

[@igorram9507]

God bless you parents girls

[@Lisa-m1r6s]

Neat!

[@ad5792]

What a beautiful family! Even though they got divorced

[@aryansigrid]

@A D What, how long have the parents been divorced?? That's sad.

[@johncarey-lo8xj]

This is the ultimate love. Greater love has no one than they lay down their life for another. People read that and think it means to die in someones place. But dedicating yourself to an orphan, is, laying your life down

[@davidaustrian9455]

Life is full of twists of fate. This one seems to have turned out for the better.

[@keystonedaytrip238]

Hey , I wanna adopt a beautiful set of twins from Russia !

[@eternity68]

Sweet story❤️🙌

[@Happybidr]

I’m kind of surprised (but very pleased) that the adoption agency let them adopt after the death of their son. I’ve seen that in some cases adoption agencies for whatever reasons don’t work with parents who have that in their background. No idea why.

[@MaryAnnMsbl34]

At that time Russia wanted their kids to be adopted Yet now it is political theater

[@FreshPine-cz2sq]

It isn't their fault that their son died, he was murdered by some psycho. It's a tragedy and has nothing to do with how competent they are as parents.

[@dougiejohnstones9664]

What both twins are 24 now ..great story

[@FreshPine-cz2sq]

WOW, these parents hit the Jack Pot with these girls, they are so beautiful..those Russian genetics, they look like models. 😧🤩

[@jayarajjohnson2476]

WONDERFUL.

[@janesmith9024]

Very lovely story. I don'[t k now what I would do if one of my children were murdered but I would definitely also have wanted to fill a void like that. Also even in the UK here and in the USA outcomes for children in care and homes is very very poor.,in the UK which is fairly well off if you are in care you are more likely to go to prison than university. So definitely the adoption has been good for them - I assume their parents were dead.

[@sweetberries683]

Why adoption parent divorced? must be hard for twin

[@mma-gb3si]

I know I Don’t like that either

[@oliviawutam]

People change, they both did their good part for the girls, they don't need them both, have a nice day ❤️❤️

[@sweetberries683]

@@oliviawutam @ yeah true, people often change

[@Sabrina-u3o8b]

Love is amazing

[@valerie.t.v]

How can I reach out to these twins? I might help them find their blood siblings.

[@oliviawutam]

Valeriya, good idea, have a nice day ❤️❤️

[@mikewrasman5103]

After being in an orphanage, they deserved some quiet time!!!😀😎😄

[@tjj5337]

Love the Yanni music ❤️

[@whitelilycalla]

With all my respect to people adopting kids for good reasons, I am glad that Russia stopped all international adoption. Children should live in their own country and grew up with traditions, religion and culture of their motherland.

[@KingoftheRoad-2023]

tRUE

[@theelizabethan1]

If it were such an ideal world.

[@youdontunderstand62]

THANK YOU! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I’m so glad this closed!!! I have a feeling if they try and open this up again it will start a major protest/riot for the adoption ban. It needs to stay in place. It has been 10 years. Not all stories are positive,

[@growlerfrown487]

Hmmm... the math didn’t add up. Adopted at 4 and 17 yrs later they’re 24?

[@ShaunHensley]

2018 broadcast

[@growlerfrown487]

@@ShaunHensley doesn’t matter... it still doesn’t add up

[@All32American]

@@growlerfrown487, the story was done three years after they came to this country.

[@growlerfrown487]

@@All32American ok...

[@mikelooby8362]

She would be sixteen many are taken why not the same investment for young parent's

[@ingvarz7468]

Yoshkar Ola is not in Siberia... it is a capital of Republic Of Mari-el that have their own language. a Finno Ugric republic in Russia.

[@elvirahamilton-6199]

That’s correct, I am from there

[@theelizabethan1]

Are the Mari in any way related to the Sami?

[@elvirahamilton-6199]

@@theelizabethan1 thank you for your question . The Mari people from the Russian Federation belong to finno-ugric language group as Finnish (also Estonian , Hungarian, Mordovian- Russia, Karelian-Russia, Udmurtian- Russia ). Full information you may read here en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finno-Ugric_peoples. And, if you don’t mind please visit my page on KZbin and subscribe to support me. I’ll be happy to answer your other questions if you have them . Have a good day, Elvira

[@mma-gb3si]

Now I want to adopt them both. Lolll

[@ЛюдмилаВладимировна-я4й]

Families have in recent years expressed interest in taking their now older adopted Russian children to back Russia for a visit to their orphanage, city or extended biological family. While this visit can have positive benefits for these children, adoptive parents should factor into their planning the realities of their children’s Russian citizenship. In effect, Russian children adopted American parents hold dual citizenship in both the US and Russia. Russian children adopted and living in the US as American citizens are still considered by Russian authorities to be Russian citizens only. When these Russian-born children travel to Russia, they must do so on a valid (non-expired) Russian passport rather than in their US passport with a Russian visa. According to Russia’s federal law “On citizenship,” every Russian citizen with dual citizenship is treated by the Russian Federation and its authorities as a citizen of Russia only. Anyone who emigrated from Russia to the USA, even if by adoption, in 1992 or later, is still a Russian citizen unless specific steps have been taken to renounce the individual’s citizenship. Children adopted from Russia remain Russian citizens until they are 18 years of age, at which point they can choose to renounce citizenship. If no steps are taken to renounce citizenship, Russian citizenship is retained by default. Russian law does NOT forbid carrying US citizenship as well as Russian. However, Russian law does not officially recognize dual citizenship, either. Russia requires their citizens, including those holding dual citizenship, to enter Russia with Russian passport only. Russian citizens may not receive a student (or any other) visa. It is illegal for a Russian citizen to enter Russia on a visa. If someone decided to renounce Russian citizenship he should take to the account that the process of renouncing can take at least 6 months. To renounce Russian citizenship, one must have a valid (not expired) Russian passport. Renewing a Russian passport usually takes an additional 3 months. If someone in this dual-citizen situation is planning to study abroad in Russia at any point, or simply travel to Russia, this issue should be addressed to the Consulate as soon as possible. For further information please contact Citizenship Section at: Email: [e-mail] fax: [phone]

[@tomortale2333]

the 2 yng. ladies are precious..an of course the couple who adopted them very nice the way it all turned out...

[@poksnee]

The dates don't add up.

[@patriciajohnsonson8639]

Sweet, family. Too bad the parents divorced.

[@rb7454]

To be an orphan in Russia is a sentence. Most don’t make it past age of 40. Orphans are not prepared for life, picked up for trafficking or drugs. It’s. Terrible to be an orphan in Russia. Please adopt Russian children if you can 😢🙏❤️

[@vivianavillarreal79]

So many children here that need homes! Why go so far to adopt & bring more foreigners in to this country?!?!?

[@afdchocolatemilk2107]

How about because they are children in need. You really need to open your heart to humanity. Love is not bound by imaginary man made lines.

[@farmer9180]

Try to adopt here in America It is ridiculous what you have to go trough. We tried after waiting almost a year to even start the paper work my wife got pregnant so we did not follow through. My uncle and aunt tried to adopt. They could have given a child the best of everything but they were a couple of years older than dHS wanted so they did not get a child. They were well thought of in the community and an officer in a bank WWll vet.

[@afdchocolatemilk2107]

@@farmer9180 This simple minded woman thinks only babies born on American soil count as humans in need of American parents. She is too stupid to reason with.

[@vivianavillarreal79]

@Escaped Awaythats your opinion. I'm still going to adopt from here. 😌

[@vivianavillarreal79]

@Escaped Away 😉 . Thank you.

[@dariaalexandrova386]

Yoskar ola is not Siberia

[@elvirahamilton-6199]

YES! And I am from there .

[@kerasiwebtastic]

Why most parents who have adapted children just end up into divorced.

[@plumeria66]

“Russia of all places”? Why wouldn’t they go visit their roots? If they were adopted Chinese kids would you have said “China of all places?

[@cocokai9661]

Thought that was strange too.

[@oliviamonkey]

The Russia was different then, and don't go 'poopooing Russia, I won't stand for it. have a nice day

[@oliviawutam]

@@goeast12 thank you for admitting that YOU are insane, get help, have a nice day ❤️❤️

[@natalieklassen9775]

@@goeast12 based on what?

[@natalieklassen9775]

@@goeast12 just for the sake of opposing someone? Your reasons for a statement have to be better then that.

[@natalieklassen9775]

@@goeast12 I AM listening... I find your statement is offensive, you didn't back it up by your personal experience (like you had an example about the anti-American post), I did give you a chance to explain yourself without judgement or disrespecting you. I only see you pushing for confrontation.

[@natalieklassen9775]

@@goeast12 may be that's exactly the wording some intentioning to "attack" on the channel needs? 🤷She didn't say she won't tolerate other opinions, she said she wouldn't tolerate attacks. So, it's probably all interpretation... Anyway, have a good day.

[@lynette599]

Can you imagine if these two girls had been adopted by two families?? It could easily have happened..

[@Anastasia-uy6kq]

I guess it's rather impossible. As far I know it's forbidden by Russian law to separate siblings by adoption.

[@pericodelospalotes5738]

My God! I am single, can I "adopt" another pair of those orphans?

[@ingvarz7468]

no you can't

[@thelord2831]

🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@satinsatin7226]

Deeply sorry for the couple's tragedy. I can imagine how devastated they were. My heart goes out to these wonderful people. ❤️ I do agree, the mother was rescued. But! twins were adopted, not rescued from the orphanage. They were well fed, clothed and lived in good conditions.They were not homeless. They would be given secondary education 100% and most probably, later adopted by a nice family in Siberia or another region in Russia. Of course, what present parents have done for them is priceless and the orphanage (like any other orphanage in the world) would not have been able to do the same. God bless this lovely family. ❤️ ❤️🙏 By the way, the music was Turkish, not Russian. 😜

[@oliviawutam]

Thank you, have a nice day ❤️❤️

[@satinsatin7226]

@@oliviawutam May I ask if you thanked me, SatinSatin?🤔 I read your reply under my post and am a bit confused since it was not addressed to me. 🤔 Anyways, thank you and have a great day too❗ 🌹🌹🌹

[@Heywoodj1969]

I would like to adopt them now...

[@marniefriedman879]

What kind of education do most of our children get? No different than Russia.

[@lilly7128]

I don't know... Something about this story just doesn't settle. The answers from twins are too perfect and the mom reminds if Hillary 😬 hope I'm wrong.

[@1BobsYourUncle]

👈🏻 has unresolved issues...

[@All32American]

I know the family extremely well, and everything in the story is very accurate.

[@kevincinnamontoast3669]

Dads idea,huh.

[@Felix-bj1pe]

In the United States, more than 2,200 children go missing every day, and in a year it is almost 700,000. Five hundred thousand children are never found again. Even in the countries of Africa, there is no such thing. But in the United States, organ transplantology is developed. A coincidence? I don't think so!

[@KelvinWKiger]

4 + 17 = 24

[@All32American]

Good grief. The story was not done on their arrival in the US. They are, in fact, now 28, having been born in 1992.

[@vivianavillarreal79]

I don't buy it

[@alabamamothman2986]

Uhhhh... Yea ....

[@LoverOFhopeANDcompassion]

Heartbreaking. How was the son murdered a robbery high school revenge ??? anyone

[@All32American]

Just leave it at that....he was murdered. It’s not a pretty story.

[@KingoftheRoad-2023]

@@All32American he asked a genuine question-who are you to say just leave it at that-are you the keeper of questions or the internet police/

[@All32American]

@@KingoftheRoad-2023, what a smart-ass. The gory details of the murder are not the kind of thing you would want shared of your family. What “right” is it of you or anyone else to know? Take your ignorance elsewhere.

[@lawsonia4881]

@@All32American the story is on the internet.

[@All32American]

@@lawsonia4881, so what’s your point? Sharing the gruesome details here is not necessary.

[@dans9463]

New Jersey has a number of The Worst Cities in America

[@pilgrim5217]

It hurts my heart to hear how many people believe that our dead loved ones are looking over us and that they are in a conscious state in heaven. The Bible teaches that the dead are asleep in their grave. And those who are asleep in Christ will rise out of their beds to meet the Lord at His Second Coming 1 Thessalonians 4: 13-18 - May this family have hope, peace and comfort in Jesus as they wait for that great and wonderful reunion at Christ's Coming.

[@dianestafford6968]

I died in a motorcycle accident in 2012 and went straight to Heaven. When you are in Heaven it's like you are Truly awake for the first time in your life. And your life down here felt like a dream.

[@cocokai9661]

Hmm...many near death and death experiences would seem to disprove your belief. It is your belief, and that is fine, but remember that the bible was written by man and therefor flawed. The bible also puts the age of the earth at 3000 years. This is obviously wrong. So take the good but be willing, always, to question.

[@silentmajority2028]

Degrees in international studies? ... hope these young ladies can find jobs ...

[@FreshPine-cz2sq]

Easy, they can be translators or go into politics, work for the UN, etc.

[@nondvcordvco4244]

yeah, I wonder why Russia? Why not India or Somalia?

[@garycooper9207]

They wanted kids that look like them. Nothing wrong with that

[@diniemadsen4778]

Why not just from America, we have children here too that need a loving home

[@junbh2]

Why not? Maybe the rules were easier for Russia. Even if it was because they wanted white kids, there are a bunch of different reasons someone might want that. For example so they don't have every stranger in the grocery store asking them about adoption.

[@nondvcordvco4244]

@Escaped Away it was a retorical question

[@samsmom400]

I can't help but wonder if those girls were forced into child trafficking. I'm thinking of Chief Justice John Roberts.

[@1BobsYourUncle]

I was thinking Bill and Hillary Clinton. BTW, your comment is stupid as hell...

[@cocokai9661]

What bizzarre fantasies you're having.

[@emiliobello2538]

Russia Russia

[@youdontunderstand62]

No offense. I’m glad the international adoption closed. They would have been able to be educated and were well taken care of in the orphanage. If they wanted to go to college, they could have in Russia. The adoptive mother was selfish for her reasons for adoption. The twins seem very very skeptical doing this interview. The parents divorced right?? What happened in the household for them to divorce? Adoptions to the USA benefits we got were an adjusted income and living in a free country. That is it. They really need to stop trying to show success stories from the parents side, losing a loved one is not a reason to go take children out of there countries. Could have adopted domestically. Most adoptive parents during 1991-2012 were racist, because they wanted healthy white children instead of fostering in the USA. I could go on but keep this damn thing closed

[@FreshPine-cz2sq]

"were racist, because they wanted healthy white children instead of fostering in the USA." Wow, you really jumped off the ledge with this comment. How is it racist to adopt White children? Even if they adopted in the U.S. it doesn't mean they would have adopted a black child. They adopted from Russia, not Nigeria, you didn't seriously think they would bring back black kids, did you? Nothing wrong with wanting a child that resembles you btw, it is easier psychologically to accept the child as your own if they at least vaguely look like you. If you listened properly it was a person at the orphanage who suggested that they meet the girls when they saw the adoptive mom. The person at the orphanage probably thought that the twins resembled her. It is hard enough adopting a child from another country and making sure that they keep their heritage, without also having to factor race into it. There are many stories of black kids who were adopted by White families having self-esteem issues because they look nothing like their adoptive parents or they later said that their parents didn't truly understand them because of difference in race, or couldn't do their hair properly. I agree with you on one point though, it is a good thing that Russia stopped adoptions to America, even though these girls got lucky and were raised by good people, there were far too many instances of Russian children being mistreated by their new American parents, some even wound up dead.